Chimalpilli I

Chimalpilli I
An image of an Aztec king
Tlatoani of Ecatepec
Reign	1428 - 1465
Successor	Tezozomoc
Died	1465
Issue	Matlaccoatzin
Father	Huehue Huanitzin
Mother	Chichimecacihuatzin II

Chimalpilli I was a tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec altepetl (city-state) of Ecatepec from 1428 until his death in 1465. He was the first known historical king of that city.[1]

He was also known as Huehue Chimalpilli.

There was also Chimalpilli II.

Biography

Chimalpilli was a son of Chichimecacihuatzin II. Her father was an Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and her mother was queen Chichimecacihuatzin I.[2]

His father was Huehue Huanitzin, a "great leader" of Itztapalapan.

His successor was Tezozomoc, son of Emperor Chimalpopoca.

Family tree

Chimalpilli had a son called Matlaccoatzin, and he is sometimes called a king.

Huehue Tezozomoctli

Chimalpilli I Ruler of Ecatepec

Axayacatl Ruler of Tenochtitlan

Matlaccoatzin Prince of Ecatepec

Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl

Tlacuilolxochtzin

Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan

Tlapalizquixochtzin Queen of Ecatepec

Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin Ruler of Ecatepec and Tenochtitlan

Doña Francisca de Moctezuma

Hernando de Alvarado Tezozomoc

Preceded by —

Tlatoani of Ecatepec 1428–1465

Succeeded by Tezozomoc

References

1. Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the sixteenth century by H. R. Harvey, Hanns J. Prem
2. Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (September 1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan and other Nahua Altepetl in central Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8061-2950-1. Retrieved 16 October 2011.